"No one prevents us from buying Russian oil at a price higher than the one set (by the West. - RT) the maximum price level, "The Economic Times newspaper quoted him as saying.
He clarified that most of the oil supplies from Russia to India are carried out at a price below the level of $60.
Earlier, Bloomberg, citing sources, reported that India would join the price ceiling for Russian oil, which was set by Western countries at $60 per barrel.
At the same time, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov stressed that the Kremlin is guided by the statements of Indian officials, and not by media reports about the alleged accession of New Delhi to the price ceiling for Russian oil.